Will you see the new crop of doomsday movies?

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Will you see the new crop of doomsday movies?

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  • 67569
    Yes, I think the stories have an important message.
    12%
  • 67570
    No! I get enough doom-and-gloom in real life these days.
    43%
  • 67571
    I will take it on a film-by-film basis.
    44%
  • 67572
    Other, which I will discuss below.
    1%

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11.5%
Yes, I think the stories have an important message.
951 votes
43.2%
No! I get enough doom-and-gloom in real life these days.
3,557 votes
43.8%
I will take it on a film-by-film basis.
3,606 votes
1.5%
Other, which I will discuss below.
122 votes
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No! I get enough doom-and-gloom in real life these days.

There's no need.

  • 4 votes
#1
 - Michael-267231
 - 11:23 am EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
No! I get enough doom-and-gloom in real life these days.

IT'S ALL GARBAGE IN AND GARBAGE OUT.
THREE LINES AND SPECIAL EFFECTS PLEASE. BUY A VIDEO GAME...ITS CHEAPER , LASTS LONGER, AND SELLABL

  • 2 votes
#2
 - Dennis Walker
 - 11:24 am EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
Other, which I will discuss below.

The end is near, the end is near... and near is a relative term, as time is a relative subject. Hollywood has no more decent writers.

  • 3 votes
#3
 - mattgjetfreak
 - 11:24 am EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
I will take it on a film-by-film basis.

Humans have been predicting the end of the world for as long as records have been kept. It is a fear planted deep in our psyche.

  • 1 vote
#4
 - Iowa Doc
 - 11:56 am EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
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these are escapist movies. they don't have a message, nor should they. they are just a more dramitic version of ghost stories.

  • 1 vote
#5
 - 50-something player
 - 11:58 am EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
Other, which I will discuss below.

I'll wait for it to be on TV. I hate spending money on bad or preachy movies.

  • 3 votes
#6
 - SCTexan
 - 12:07 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
I will take it on a film-by-film basis.

It is the movie industry after all. We're just supposed to be entertained. Just relax and enjoy the show.

    #7
     - artdlee
     - 12:09 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
    No! I get enough doom-and-gloom in real life these days.

    The movies ignore the possibility of a spiritual metamorphosis in 2012, and give us big special effects instead.

    • 3 votes
    #8
     - lordcobalt
     - 12:17 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
    Yes, I think the stories have an important message.

    Yes, I love disaster flicks! Can't wait to see it.

      #9
       - tamara11
       - 12:18 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
      Other, which I will discuss below.

      Yes, because my wife is a fan of the genre.

      • 1 vote
      #10
       - philharmonic55
       - 12:19 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
      Other, which I will discuss below.

      They have good camp value.

        #11
         - Synopticus
         - 12:20 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
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        they're all SciFi movies! Good clean fun! watch'em all.

          #12
           - johnny C-1465557
           - 1:43 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
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          These movies fuel over-the-top conspiracy theorists who point to this and movies like that in support of their irrational notions.

          • 1 vote
          #13
           - John I-1465575
           - 1:56 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
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          I just like to go to a movie and not have to worry about the trials of life. Sometimes, a popcorn flick is just the ticket.

          • 2 votes
          #14
           - Daedalus1500
           - 1:59 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
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          I will definately see 2012

            #15
             - Karen-1411696
             - 2:07 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
            No! I get enough doom-and-gloom in real life these days.

            <> It's certainly a spooky time in human history but I'm sick of all of the doomsday crap that is being yacked up...

            • 1 vote
            #16
             - M.Fisher
             - 2:14 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
            Other, which I will discuss below.

            so far the Hollywood folks have run out of good ideas for decent movies, all they come up with is sadistic
            killing

              #17
               - Capt Mark-1087428
               - 2:20 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
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              Crop? Movies are a form of artist achievement (like art or poetry); not 'trough slop' designed expressly for income generation, right?

                #18
                 - Cyberhoop
                 - 2:22 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
                I will take it on a film-by-film basis.

                I think Jake, and a LOT of Americans, not just critics, are way too hard on a lot of movies these days. I go to movies to enjoy them.

                • 1 vote
                #19
                 - Paul from Fountain
                 - 2:26 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
                Other, which I will discuss below.

                Yes I will. Its all intertainment and Sci-Fi, which a lot of people like with out the critics butting in.

                • 2 votes
                #20
                 - Thought Police 1949A
                 - 2:35 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
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                Not unless and until the films get SOME kind of science (just a few reputable consultants) right-- starting with "TSUNAMI" not "tidal wave"

                  #21
                   - loriluese
                   - 2:36 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
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                  No I have seen enough of them. How, many ways can you do the same thing (destroying the planet) without it getting old. Come on Hollywood!

                  • 2 votes
                  #22
                   - Jonathan602
                   - 2:38 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
                  Other, which I will discuss below.

                  Headed straight for the Netflix queue.

                    #23
                     - fizbin
                     - 2:39 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
                    Yes, I think the stories have an important message.

                    It's not that they have an important message - for some reason I just like disaster movies.

                    • 1 vote
                    #24
                     - Soc Prof
                     - 2:40 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
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                    i'll wait until they come out on DVD

                    • 1 vote
                    #25
                     - Allison-734934
                     - 2:44 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
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